Booster Gold #13Review

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Rick Remender brings in Starro to ruin Booster's entire history.

By Bryan Joel

New creative teams on an ongoing book are too seldom a thing to celebrate. It's even worse when one of the departing creators is Geoff Johns, DC's own King Midas with an impeccable track record of quality. But I'm happy to report that Rick Remender and Patrick Olliffe at least see to it that Booster Gold doesn't miss a beat, and I'd imagine most readers wouldn't know there was a different team on the title if they didn't check the cover first.

Booster #13 is just as action-packed and whimsical as the fourteen issues that preceded it. Remender this time takes the opportunity to work a plot that's a little less crazy that what we've seen so far. Essentially, issue #13 is a Starro tale, as everyone's favorite purple five-pointed mind controllers descend on Booster & Co., taking hold of Rip Hunter and forcing the Carter siblings to take on Time Master duties alone. On this basic premise Remender builds a fun, fast-paced jaunt through time that should be familiar to any Booster reader.

Patrick Olliffe manages to keep the issue precisely in line with the look and feel it enjoyed under Dan Jurgens. At its heart the series has been a traditional superhero book with a few twists, and the '90s house style has suited it well, so it's reassuring that Olliffe agrees and keeps Booster Gold much in the form that's allowed it to flourish.

If there's one complaint about this issue, it's that it feels a little by-the-numbers compared to some of the insanity and high tension we've seen so far, but an average issue of Booster Gold is still better than a lot of the material on the stands these days.